Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-02-01 Thread haruspex
Hello. For any possible future reference: the part about the wildcard may be correct or may be nonsense, but what actually solved the problem was adding the “domain” entry in /etc/resolv.conf. Sincerely, Maxim 2012/2/1 haruspex : > Hello. > > Thank you, you saved me from going insane. There was

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-02-01 Thread haruspex
Hello. Thank you, you saved me from going insane. There was a wildcard DNS entry, and my hostname (say, “ivanov”) was first resolved as “ivanov.spb.ru MX ”, instead of “nmblookup -> ”. So the only remaining problem is with the truly unresponsive rsyncd, on the Windows 7 box. Can't connect even fr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Michel Jacobs
could be a good idea to have dhcp set but have the adress fixed on the dhcp server -- website: te paard naar sint Petersburg mail: majac...@xs4all.nl skype: michel.jacobs1 phone: +31204090046 cell: +31

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 11:25 AM, haruspex wrote: > Hello. > > Name resolution, via nmblookup. IP addresses are assigned via DHCP, so > subject to change. So you are saying that connection would have > established fine, but it tries to establish it with a wrong place?.. > An interesting idea. Now,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Tim Fletcher
On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 20:25 +0300, haruspex wrote: > Hello. > > Name resolution, via nmblookup. IP addresses are assigned via DHCP, so > subject to change. So you are saying that connection would have > established fine, but it tries to establish it with a wrong place?.. > An interesting idea. Now

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Timothy J Massey
haruspex wrote on 01/31/2012 10:59:12 AM: > Hello. > > “rsync target::” works just fine: > vm-backuppc# /usr/local/bin/rsync 192.168.0.118:: > docs Documents and Settings > dDriveEntire D Drive > > The logs don't provide anything more specific than “Backup failed on >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread haruspex
Hello. Name resolution, via nmblookup. IP addresses are assigned via DHCP, so subject to change. So you are saying that connection would have established fine, but it tries to establish it with a wrong place?.. An interesting idea. Now, how can the result of the BackupPC name resolution can be che

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:59 AM, haruspex wrote: > > “rsync target::” works just fine: > vm-backuppc# /usr/local/bin/rsync 192.168.0.118:: > docs            Documents and Settings > dDrive          Entire D Drive > > The logs don't provide anything more specific than “Backup failed on > (inet con

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread haruspex
Hello. “rsync target::” works just fine: vm-backuppc# /usr/local/bin/rsync 192.168.0.118:: docsDocuments and Settings dDrive Entire D Drive The logs don't provide anything more specific than “Backup failed on (inet connect: Operation timed out)”. I guess the problem is somew

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread haruspex
into something similar a little while ago. > > -- > /Sorin > > > -Original Message- > From: haruspex [mailto:princeps.candi...@gmail.com] > Sent: den 31 januari 2012 16:29 > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:29 AM, haruspex wrote: > > I have installed BackupPC 3.2.1 on a FreeBSD server to back several > Windows workstations up. The Xfer method is rsyncd. Some of them > workstations work fine, but three display strange behaviour: > > 1) One gives “inet connect: Connection refu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread Sorin Srbu
Message- From: haruspex [mailto:princeps.candi...@gmail.com] Sent: den 31 januari 2012 16:29 To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures Hello. I have installed BackupPC 3.2.1 on a FreeBSD server to back several Windows workstations up. The Xfer

[BackupPC-users] Bizarre connection failures

2012-01-31 Thread haruspex
Hello. I have installed BackupPC 3.2.1 on a FreeBSD server to back several Windows workstations up. The Xfer method is rsyncd. Some of them workstations work fine, but three display strange behaviour: 1) One gives “inet connect: Connection refused” though “telnet 873” from the very same FreeBSD